La Grande evening observer., March 21, 1928, Image 1

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THE WEATHER
OltKGOiV: lUiln tonljtht and
Thursday, continued hilld. , Strong
southerly winds and occasional!
guleji on tho coast. . h. '
VOLUME XXVI.
11KMBKU ABSOC'IATKD rilESS
I A GRANDE. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH, 21, 1928.
MEMBBR ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 187
EDITION- SQQl
STANFIELD IN
SECOND SUIT
. FILED HERE
Former Senator and Co
lumbia Co. Defendants
in Collection Action
PLAINTIFFS SEEK
SUM OF $664,634.98
Fhst Suit Filed in La
Grande Was An Action
to Collect More Than 1 1
Million Dollars.
In thov second tiinjor action for
collection lo be filed lit the Union
cnunly circuit oourt agulnst R. N.
Stuufiold (Tnd the Columbia Kasln
U'unl Warehouse company within
four mohtliH. Itowermau & Kuv
unuugh, Portland attorneys, repre
senting the Security " Savings . &
Tnust, trustee, instigated a milt
against Mr. Stanfield and the com
pany Saturday for collection, on a
f6ii4.li34.D8 note. i..
J-sst Dec-amber 24 C. C. ('oil and
Art hur Tucker filed un action -to
collect the largest sum "ever men
tioned In this
V-iilt court. Thej
amount wuh $1.7US.U8l.1(k . On thia1'
amount $47,000 hud been claimed,
uccordliiK to the complaint. - .
The action which was filed here
Saturday stales that .Mr. Stanfield
signed the note and tfave It to the
wnrehouso company who assigned
II to the trusleoas sot'urlty for tho
pnyment of Indebtedness to a num
ber of creditors not named In the
complaint.
The nnle was signed on Muf. 10,
1!I21, to mature In' June, '1927, it is
said. .
Following- is an excerpt from the
, cla'm:
J'That on Mar. 10, 1fl24 the de
fundu it. U. X. Stanfield, made, filed
and delivered to the defendant a
cerlaln, promissory note in wrltlnirj
i of wild date of which tho following,
, Is in words and figures subftlah-!
J- tlllv. a true copy." The vordaof J
'. the now followed
U'U,Al,n'.,ite !.,.)!. ..f .i-l.lolt In-
' . nu.w win meet lonmiu nv :a o ciock at r
aifcouiitH,'seldom-hetvrd- of lnxj,e Kacajawea Inii 'when pluns foi- they ' coulrt '"'covel treirtondous
Jfiilon ctmnly circuit couVt cases,1 ti,e orKunlwitlon ,of the proposed "I'eas, unci could bo used for scout
sliould be.flled in both cases In Un- j Trl-Oounty Council of American lnff t outposts, audi us Hawaii. . .,
Ion county, has not been explained, j ji,,,, jsiH xvm be brought up.r Assistant Secretary Warner, in
court officii! hf wiy. .- r f j Itaymond O. WilllaniH. of the 1m oV naval aerMnauties. also
, ..,,.,,, ,,.,,
I l Al.l'.. Ifrtlfc IOK
fonir rAi.icsi.Aii i-ou
AIMOl KXi;i 'lluH.M (ilVliN !
.lude .1. W. Knowlea toilny an
nounced the following calender for.
the adjourned l'rm of l.vijninrvl
circuit court which ho will Pn;
April 2
April 2 James Hensley vs. 1,ee
llouvy: Nichols. I hillock and Don
ald, plaintiff attorneys; Carry Ac
Kerr and K, It. Klntro, defenso at
torneys. April 3, Stale of OreRon
vs.- Joe Patterson, , Curl O. Helm,
district .attorney for state, and
(Jreen Hess.- attot-nevfl for d--reris.
April 4, It. KSInck vs. K. C.
Meyers. J. 1. Slater, plaintiff at
torney; K. it. IttiiKo, defense at
ioincy. April 4. State of Oregon
vs. f'eoi'Kc Theodorus. Mr, Jlelm
for stati': It. J. Kitchen for de
fense. April 5. W'unji Sine vs. Toy
YrninK1, et nl. Nichols, llallock ond
Uomtlil, plaintiff' atlorneys; H. .T.
Kitf hen, defense attorneys. April
!t, the state vs. Harrison and Ger
trude Davis, Mr. Hulm for state.
April 10,' Sfalo of OrcKon ug-ainsl
A'ernon White. Mr. Helm Tor stale,
nd. Green & Hess -for defense.
- "Vcontinued on Pa;e B)
"THE FACT OF
CALVARY" TOPIC
OF TALK HERE
"The -Fact of Calvary." was the
vub.lret on which Dr. Geore II.
Iltllerindn spoke last evening, when
he nave the fourth address of-his
one-ueek henton mission at the
KnfJllsh In t heran church here. A
I' rue crowd gathered for the serv
ice. "Cetween sin am Its likeness and
Cod and 1 1 Is riirhl eounesM there
seemed lit bpe of reconciliation for
the sinner, but on Calvary the sola-'
itm and remedy was found," Dr.
1 1 1 Henna n told hts a udlence.
"Thi-Miii;h ft a full and complete
yotisfactiMii has been made fur sin.
Christ died for our sin. the scrip
ture proclaims, and this wairdone
' before tlie.se sins v.ere committed
and covers them entirely. And in it
God made all the advance. Ite did
not unit fur man's reuuel or as
pent. He had no riueslluns, he in td
down no conditions. I tut while
men were yet sinners he loved them
and sent Illson for their redemp
tion. "Thp rhnraeter.of this act Is too
supernatural not to be true. It is
mo Invention of man. and even In
the durkest hour of Calvary and!
from . the depths of Moll's agony i
God was still there and that cro
has swayed the history of the world i
its no other thing has done." I
Thursdoy evening Or. .Illler-j UIiawa. ont.. Mur. Z I (Al )
man's subject will be "Fact of thej1'"'''- "oris McOonuld. young New
i roHoiu. in mis nmjresM ne win i
discuss "What three questions cov- ;
or every life? Wha results come
from giving God first placA? What 1
Vt-ne thing only makes a success of j
"feV What one thlnjc more than '
- any other seals condemnation? '
Stetson, Howard
To Be Speakers
At School Meet
Program Arranged for
Annual Superintendents
and Principals Session
in La Grande.
I'murnm uminKemeuts fur the
mill tncellrii; of the Kustern
annual meeting of the Kustern
Oregon Superintendents and- I'rlii-1.
eipuls' association, which will ho
held In La Ornnde Saturday, March
SI, have been completed and were
announced yesterday afternoon by
J. T. Longfellow, superintendent tff
schools here.
The. association includes seven
I&astcrn Oregon counties and meeiH
&nh Gim.hlnl.n.l.nl II
K." Inlow of Pendleton, la president,
Jind Austin Landreth. principal of
the Pendleton high Kchool. Ik secre
tary of the association. About !0
edurntora are expected to be In at-
tendance at tho tneethiK. w-hlch will
open In tlie morninK at 9;3 oVlock
in ine locai nmn hp num.. nuiicunK
Professor J. Jj. Stetson, frbm tho
University of Orejton C. A. Howard,
slHle Kiiierinlendeut it publlp lu
structlon, of Salem, and Superinen
dent KImer V. fiondwin. of the Mc
Uoimhllu Union HlKh achool at Milton-Free
waiter, will speak durlnt;
the day. Supt. Goodwin will open
the nipolinjr with an addresa on
"Tho Development of School Mur-
" rZl "TW' Z"
, V ' u.r. iur. i
riffvviiKii mil rii'iin iti i i u v;ni;K.
Mr. Howard will also open the-nf-
ternooti prncram, at 1:30 o'clock,
with nn address, ' ' ' .
The business session will bcf;(u
"
lit 2:15 n'rlm-k. DmhiR this llmo
phmx will 1,0 .llxcusxcd ami the
.IuIoh itctermlncd for tho umuml
Knsten. OreKon liwk nd field
meet. Officers will bo elected for
the next venr 11 nil reports of com-.
mil tees will be heard.
Ledonnaires Of
Three Counties
To Meet Tonight
Amorloan Jjetfbm members from
lliikflr .irnidn mid Wnllmvii enimtl
..... , , . . . .
! Grande post, who Is chairman of
lih. ..tn.. .r i..
Hhc committee composed of I a
, ...... -
'
, . ' " '.?. ...V. ..T. i?... !.... ......
Iiir toniird that end, will preside at
tonittht's mcrtliiK. .Members of the
..mmlll.. imA tU. I
w .
,,ht. when the lecfonnatres meet
at the hotel, dining room.
Two Scout Troops
In Joint Meeting.
Jioy scout troops M and 10 met
together In the basement' of the
Presbyterian church last night in
a joint session. Dr. W. T. Phy,
Dr
ltay Murphy, the Itev. J.
George Will. W. C. Perkins,
Adolpli Sicgilsl, I-;. Uussell Scott
and i; r nest Jleassler, scoutmaster
of Troop No. 1H, were present and
about !" loya were In attendance.
The feed was prepared Uy Troop
No. 14 witli Troop No. ill as guest
i... ..., ....
it. riiy ii.iKi.ii on limits uwyn
could do In scoutlntr unil ho of.,
rered tho best uniform lio cun buy "vel ' uivisiun last nunuiiy
lor the scout who Bets t,he most huws. l'ructlcully all ot the re
new members this year. Several I""1" frum ho coul,t u,' "ow 1,1
of the boys spoke, telllnir or future ,lle sl,lte Wshwiiy offices here, and
plans.-IncludUm mention of , the In every instance there was more
coming summer cump on Catherine '"vt'1 un tl,c I'lHhwuys this month
,. . . ' . than last. '
J.
fntm ft-rrlinnUnn
KjUUV ISrUlrHlllUfl
Sei'VicP Tomorrow
y'' viiivi vtv
'
ff.iVH, On.. Mar. L'l (Special)
There will be un ordlnutlon service
ut the I In it 1st church on Thursday,
Mar. i'L. leleKuli'S ure expected
from over all the slrrle and many
members of the ministerial asso-
elation an also expected. The serv-1 Hetwcen ui i:ranue and Hot iy inicroKHnt? and uciualnled ito
Ice will be held at 2 o'clock 111 lrke on the Old OreKon Trull hiKli- larians with un unusual fealtrre
tho afternoon and there will also way I l"1 ears were eouutciL u con-t of The Onservf-r. Miss Morion was
be un.tvenlnB scrvlci;. The visitors! ' i j Introduced by Chairman Uuy Mur-
will la; nerved lunch and dinner- ut
the I. t). o. V. hull.
La Grande Man Wins
Grading Contract
SAhT.lsAKK CITY, t'tuh. Mar.
21 (AP) W. J. Kelly, f,n Grande,
with a bid of $60 wus low . bidder
of three for contract Tor grading
the Pendleton' federal air field,
Itids wese opened by Airways Kn-
glneer W. 15. Kline of the Halt
I-uke division.
fPW mOTK fwlVL MR
, , ,
OCiVCu, t VOftl U(XlU
f
. , '
...-im i-i iu umit, un
Friday, with her husband, for the
murder of a lachlne taxi driver ,
had her sentence commuted to life
Imprisonment today. Preparations
were continued for the hanging of
tne nusoanck George Mcisonaid,
2 DIRIGIBLES
VILL EXCEED
OTHER CRAFT
Navv Exnects ; to Build
Airships with Cruising
tinAi,, 1 1 Oftft Milno .
ftarliiic nf 1 1 9ft0 MiIpq
aaiUS 01 1I,SUU JUU6S
ADMIRAL MOFFETT
DESCRIBES PLANS
. . t -
"V ' 1
Ships Would Be 782 FCCt
Tfl, Qrl PnvMr n
in iengin ana arya
. flrPW nf lfi Offlfiers'and
AK H-. - ' ;
, it ivicu. .. i
- ; ' I
, WASHINOTON. Mar. XI (AP) '
jfiVy i)ans fQr tvo new diriRlbles.-
ftacn Xwa anjf one-half tlinev an
,ur as tno Loa AiiRelea, and with
u maximum . crulHlnff radius of 11 herlff posso, failed to find n
1 1 on it ...... .ti .tii..u .. ,iiuslnKle tracer or ctur. Wind and
cOH(Kl ,,y .Joar '.A(Imirfttl , Moffett ;
naval air chief. ln testimony on tho
annilal naval department bill ro- I
ported today to the Iiouhc. - o
The ships would bo 782 feet In '
length. 132 feet in diameter and
desiKiied to carry a crew of 16 of-
fleers and 4G men. .' They would
have a maximum speed . of 7&.-
knots.
The commilteo ouottcd $2,000,
000 to start construction of tho
air liners which will coat u total of.
x.(ioo.000. It Is oxpocled that tho.
jtood year tiro and rubber com-;
r.t. i ...in i
,u"lr 01 ro....i. uuuu , , ,
,. ! ' r thliik IlHtor Ik on 1,Ih n.,icl,
: "ln an emiTBcncy duch n a,oo;nm we huve hopes. Ihi.t IiIm wife
'"tciilly. in Nleanierira. where mm- twlll gt n lctter tod.i.v: At oust tlmt
reinforcements wero needed In , In wnut ta-o un nil hopliiK.
a hurry," the admiral said. "0110 I AeoordlnK to hl friends. Ilnrker
of these targe airships could
easily have transported 1 00 "or
more marines and made the trip ,
1 In a fraction of the time taken by
: surface vessels. -. ,
I Of Great Value ' 1
'Tliey would be of great value
in uctinff as convoys." he con
tinued explaining that "mibmar-
In
f fear them more than they do
iv other tvna of shlD. . .
any omei lypa at amp. .
'He udded that they would bo of'
vulnn In nm.il tlnfutttu. nil
the dlrislbles wHd be of tre-
iiii'iulmm viilm- In tttitroIHne the
mendous value
lii.,nnif. a..n Hi-
, ,..
. Nv,.l rrl,.a
i-8 told the commit-
ten thut hcuvler-tliulf-ulr plans
contemplated the provision of
thril Illr Cm ft for PHdll Of tlin 18
i,iiti,li,o ,.n,l thut. the 1 Mio.lnn
cruisers of the On.ahtt class now
wcro equipped
with two planes
, each.
ttiriniMV
MAlfc HIGHWAY
TRAFFIC HEAVY
Marcll Travel 25 Per Cent
More Than in Preceding'
Month, Count bhows
Traffic over the stale highways
in this division showed an increase
of uliftttl 'T. iir.t emit nv.r hiul.
- i
nioiilh. a -count at vurlous points
over
It Is belle-ed. however, that the
feet that the count was taken on
Sunday and that the day was tho
warmest of the season was partly
responsible fur the increase.
. .,.hc ,IirKTOt ,,, taken ,,
III Oresron-Wushtniston hlchwuy,
.between 1'etidlelon and the Wash-
Iniiton state line, whol e '33 i cars
wcro counted, 11311 of which Were
Oreiron cars and 1 t)2H foreiKn cur-s.
mostly, beiir-itiK Nahlnlott license
pistes.
l.oiniirueu fm i-ar-e o;
Warmest Day of Year Serves As A
Prelude to the Arrival of Spring
j licgiunlng today, one cannot, with
truth, say "this winter." Only In a
sarcastic frame of mind would one
excused und If such an occa-
slon should occur the Mume would,
nf course, bo placed upon the
weather man. that much maligned
'character who orders rain . and
snow and suhyhine and hail and
i usually gets It C. O. I.
ffficially, Mlnter is a thing Qf the , the month of hard lahftr that pro
past. Actually, It has been down cede the harvesting of the crops In
and out for the last three duys and the late slimmer and fall. Jawus
lonccr.
Sunday, tho weather took a turn
for normal mid Kastern Oregon
sutiKhlne and warmth reached a
,un mark yf 6y tihovc. Monday
tj,e niercury went tMVee degrees
ntKner ami yesterday. In spile of a
breeze und some cloudiness during
the day a maximum of 73 above
was officially reported, fast night
was also the warmest evening of
1928, with the minimum tempera-
turo 49 degrees above. And today ?
Whereabouts Of
Pine Bell Bank
Cashier Mystery
Oregon Man Disappears
While His Institution Is
Under Examination by
State Officials. ;
S1EDFOHD, ,Oro. Mur. Si. ' Al')
Mystery still' shrouds tho Jute ur
j whereubuuts of George W. Marker.
president and cashier of the Pine
i Ue II bank off Butte Kails, wtoo dlM-
n tit mt fori f miHn v fl oi-nnnti U'IiIIa
his bunking institution was under
examination by the mate ban kin
"examiners, and he faced question-
In by memberK of the state insur-
nnce commission iind state fire
mnrshnrs office relative to the de-
'at ruction by fire of a warehouse
last August at. Central Point,, iir
which the mtssinif man had insured
reHtnttrant fixtures.-
. Seai-chJ of nn nrea near tho Kd-
mun,,on ranch, where a shot whs
sported to have been heard late
Monday oveninr.. tniH(morninff ty
r,'in n
"-'" imnu.c,n-, nuni,
The avlluirltleM are also lnvesti
pntinir reports that a number of
Butte Kales' residents saw Barker
jeavniB in anoiner auiomomic man
the- one abandoned lu tho heavy
timber... Uule oredenco fa placed
"'n the report.
i -
. - ' KxiKM'ts letter .
J. J. Simmerville. merchanr nf
fa,,H' n" friend of the
nilMlnir nmnor 2U years, tuild tlis
morntnR over the lone distance
tftipnnnnp! ,
was a-man of extreme nervous ir-
rltablllty and has been pessimistic
for the last two weeks. Thev be- (
lleve fhat lie became panic stricken
by the visit of the state Insurance
investigator and fire marshals and
fled, 'on the spur of the moment.
The. district attorney's office is
sued u statement saylmf thut Bar
ker, who was nn insurance aKeut,
mid' crectlo,.:
' . ...
ery Htofe fixtures for $20,000 which
lU ,.,,,. tUt. ,... .,
.. ....v,.c muiivj
for 'the same amount wtm written
In another company and eventually
reduced to" $10. 000. The fixtures
wero stored In a warehouse ot Cen
tral Point, which was destroyed by
fire last August. Deuuly Insurance
commissioner James Goodman ad
mitted that he intended to question
Barker on the mutter. - 1
Demurrer Filed in
J.Slavinsky Case
A , demurrer filed yesierday in
circuit court by K. Deuhum iitfalnst
the grand jury Indlctmi'nl or John
Sluvinsky was suslalncd by Jiidue
J.- ,V. ICuowles, who subsiuiuently
referred the case back to' grand
Jury whlcli goes into session tomor
row. SlavhiHky is charged with ob
taining money by false pretenses.
Iir. o I l.-.f...... I ...1....
: Knowies Monduy and the time of
his pleading set for yesterday. In
stead, tho demurrer was filed
against the indictment, charging
I hat there was not sufficient cause
Ior the Indictment. t
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MlSS MOI'tOll l altCS
At Rotary Meeting
Miss Mabel ' K. Morion, valley
news editor of Tho Observer, was
the Hpcuker.nt the 'Hotury club
'luncheon at the l.a (liande lio.-l
today at noon, describing her work
covering the Tanus unil toivns ol
'" valley for news. Miss Morion
I "aid thut her work Vus uniiiui
timohir the newspupeis of this stufe
anil lold of hr holise-lo-house culls
and her attendance at vurlous or.
K"nlzation uud community irleetlnns
ihrouithout the valley. .She , bus
driven over 20, 000 jrilles since .June
In her news work In Ibe valh-y.j
lkl' ,ulk llonounci;il cxlri liic-1
pay. oi (lie prouram corrrnttiTe..
Today Is spring, the calendar says.
I liiht If the weather bureau's pre
dictions are correrl, the smth!iie
Is dnonie1 to end for a hort time
at least. The forecast for tomorrow
t Is rain.
Spring activities have been going
'ahead full blast slneo Sunday, with
gardeners busy with the rake ano
sioide. Karmers are preparing for
in Im Grande have turned a brlirht
' green In color nlmost overnight and
crocuses, daffodils und other early
spritut flowers ure beginning lo
blossum. j
lxcul weather fororasters, rely-(
log upon this and that for their
bases vt Information, are sure that
' 1m Grande Is to have a long spring,
' Several signs are pointed to us
! proof sparrows Investigating bird
houses In spite of Indignant owners
who prefer bluebirds, etc.
SAVED FROM DEATH
Diiris .Mi'lloiinlil mill her liusliiitiil. ;ori-. who were to lie linusctl
nl. the Vullt,vNcll prlsiiu, (ucliiM', rir tint niiirilcr of Adeliuil
Itotii'liurd, Monircnl luilciili driver. Ah the dulo or vxikmiIIoii nrars,
tieniciidi.us c-ITohH iHinit: maili tn save Hie woman met with siiceeHi.
when t her sentence was comiiiuleil to life liiiiirlsoiiiiieiit toilny.
Her IiiihIuiiuI, liowi'ver, imust lianir. A-J'cw days nuo Alcltoiiulil
sIkiikI tin iil'l'liliivll Hint Mie hud tin pari In the miirdci'. The Me-w--
- - Donalds formerly Unil In (be . I nllcil Hluios. --.-vV .
Coolidge Gives
. Medal of Honor.
To Lone Eagle
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21 (AP)
President Cool Id go today placed
personally about the shoulders of
Colonel Charles A. iJndborgh tho
blue ribbon, oft iho congressional
medal of honor, rarest of American
tributes to counuro ami tniUatlve.
Surrounded by the highest public
oHiclals tn the executive deparl
ment and by republican and demo
cratic' congressional leaders. Presi
dent Coolidgu conferred the decora
tion for "heroic com age and great
skill," in tie Lindbergh flight from
New York to Paris.
"I offer you my -h
rtiest con-
grat illations," the president buid
after conferring the medal.
The presentation took place on
tho lawn outside the president's
private office. ; Mrs. Coolidge wit
nessed It from a window of thu
While (louse. ' - . . ,,
Al Smith Drops
Silence Cloak;
Gives Consent
AI.IIANV. N. V.. Mar. 21 (Al')""" lnl" ''' Vioniiay, the day be -
Governor riinlth bus slopped Inio
Hie arena ol professed presidential
asplrhnl::.
Throwing uslde the clonlt or Mil-'
ince liiat has shrouded his alti
tude J toward national politics, Im
lias cruisenled to the use of his
name in t he Massac husel Is presi
dential pilmnries.
Hints At "Slush
Fund" of Big Size
WASHINGTON. Mar. 21 (AP) -The
(is-crtton that efforts had been
nmde to collect a "slush fund" to
inriuenci- public lit 1 1 tiles logittla
llon which In1 s il'J "would beggm-"
unylliln of Hsitlnd ever disclosed
in the history of Ihe country was
made in the nenate today by 8"h -a
tor Johnson, republican, Califor
nia. At Hi-' srittie time Senator Walsi.
deioorrat. Montana, c barged that
public utilities associations were
subsidi.illg lecturers and professois
fu colleges "lo instill In the mlndi
of he vouth cf the hind their p"
culfar views of public f(Mcstions."
U. S. To Supervise,
Nicaragua Voting
MANAGUA. NIciiriiKiiu, Mar. 21.
(AO-Presldent Diaz signed u de
cree today cstuhlishinK American
supervision rr the national election.
In Nlcurugua In October.
ST. FRANCIS DAM
ri trT riTPHTPPn Carey's force look up tho koy
I I AK V MNIilnlrrK puslllon between Itumel and Mur
LlLlllVl, JLllUlllLlLlIX iL,u.uvo uml hol(, tho line for sev-
. - 'eral days against a wlthorlngTat"
. tack, thereby saving to the allies
Condition Described as l" iro11 ut vniors-nret6nneux und
"r n' in it it. preventing tho Oorman artlllory
( ,Veiy ISaCi ll XlOUfS nru rroin controlling Amlons and
Before the Disaster i"8 vlM "way network effoo-
; lively. .. .- ..
I .OH ANOKI.I'JH. Mur. Sli (Al')
v. rii.am .. uinoiiuoi. no lesu.ie.i
loday at he coroner's inquest over.
Ht. lirulrclH dam victims and who
"r ,, " ""
tlon of the dam. said that Un
conomons i i nours ueioro us col
lapse were "bad, very bud."
Mulhulland, veteran chief engl-
ncf-r of the Los Angeles bureau of
water and power, witli tears coins-
mff jown ci1(;elis( moaned "tho
only ones I envy are those who arc
dead. We certainly nuist liuvo over
looUed aometlilng.'' ,
Affer telling Coroner Frank
Nanco thut he hnd his assistant,
li. A.,, Von Normiin, had seen the
dam M l hours' before the break,
Mar. In which H7X lives wero
lost and 17 aroj reported missing,
examination of Mulholland contin
ued: Q- "lld the Kt. l-'rancls dam leak
badly?" .
A. "Of ull ttie flams I have ever
seen in every section of the. coun
try, it was tho driest."
How did you happen lo visit
fore Iho flood .'"
! A. "I went llrele because Tony
i lliirlielfger. the kef-per who was
orowneu. uoiiiien u al me water
was muddy upd therf was a new
H!UK,
Q. "Whul dors It indicate, when
Ihe water lM muddy?"
A. "That Is laid, vry bJl. When
it is muddy It Indicates , u leak
through (he earth, which is always
a serious malter."
(Continued on Pago fi)
Hoy, 7, Runs
Away; Afraid
To Face Mother
HAMvM. fire., Mar. 21, (Al')
The story of a little boy who ran
away from home rather than faco
a disillusioned mother was slow
ly utifnhlcd to Salem police of
ficers today.
The flaxen haired youngster
was taken Into custody late last
night as lie wandered uimlcssly
hi the strcf is without hat and
chid In overalls, but it was riot
until todny that officers foil ml
that his nmne wns lUtney Klliug
ton and that his home Is lu Hills
boro. lie admitted thai he had
run up bills on merchants In
HlllHboro. Jle In seven years of
ago;
No charge will be made against
the boy. His parents say ftiey
will pay -the bills gladly, and will
come to Salem for him today.
First American
Troops Took Up
Arms Decade Ago
Battle That Initiated the
Yanks into World; War
Started on Mar. 21, 1918
U. S. Aid Turned Tide
.VAMIKNM. 'Krunco. Mur. 21 (AP)
battle In which the first Ainuricun
I troops fouKht in rront lino trenches
in tlio world war.
On March 21, 1918, Field Mar
1 shul Von Htndenborir of Germany
j hurled at tho nines on the Sommc
! front tho gruy hordett ho had been
, assembllnK all wlnlor, In a mighty
' effort to strike a decisive blow b
1 fore tho United Ktutes could us
' scinble enough forces to be of lua-
itorlul aid to the allied cause.
Ktvo duys luler, on Mureh 26,
with llrlttsli reserves ull but cx
I hausted, a smull force of Amorl-
cun doughboys, who had been
working on bridges behind the
DrltlBh lines, exchanged their
sliovels for bayonets und hand gre
nades and becamo tho first Ameri
can -troops to fight shoulder to
uihoulder Willi ".ho Diittsh and
L'leilUll 111 I.UU nfcui iuii. -
Engineers Ih Klrst. '
Thoy woro u part of tho Sixth
V. H. Engineers and tho Twelfth
und Kourteonth ltnilwny liikiii
eers. With purts of the Suvontoenth
Twenty-socond, Twenty-eighth und
Ono Hundred Korty-olghth V. a.
! aero squadrons, they made up tho
American representation, in this
major engagement of the war. i .
The flermun qfronslvo 'on thu
Hummo opened at 6 o'clock In the
mornlug with a stealthy gas ut
tuck, quickly followed by tho rour
of heavy artlllory. field Marshal
Hulg had not learned until the last
of February that tho push was to
bo toward Amlons, a throbbing
railway center back of tho British
lines, and tliuro wortf few roln
roreemenls at hand.
Tho green Amorlcun boys hoard
tlm beginning of tho German bar
ruKo, the booming which gradually
grew Into u roar. They saw the
few Hrltlsh reserves picked up and
carried forward. ' -. ' -
On March 26 a forco.of ressrvo
troops was assembled from tho
lines of communication, . casuals
of ull- description und struggle.
Tlio raw American troops , Wore
. drawn Into this group, which was
-placed under tho command of-Oen-jcrul
Carey und constituted the Url
Ulsh Fifth urmy.
The turning
point ciuno on
March 2H. Tho Gurman onslaught
. momulltum . an(l lls cu,lors
f ,t lnor(lulllnBly dlfricult to
, , supplies over tho shred-
u,,,! battlefield ot tho Hommo. Tho
nltllck continued until April 6, but
I In tho end It was Indecisive.
For tho United mutes tho battle
marked thu beginning of actual
participation in tho righting. .
Wilkins' Plane
Arrives Safely
At North Point
KKWAltl), Alusku, Mur: 21 (AP)
(.'uptitlu George 11. Wllkilts,
Australian aviator explorer and
l.leut. Curl Hen Kielson, Ills Alas
kali, pilot, are safe ut t'uinl Iturrow
preparing for their contemplated
flight into the arctic "blind spot"
en route to Hnllzbtlrffen on the
0t0r Hldu of tin; north pole.
1 .-t.rs that they hud met with
disaster Monday ut tho end of
their luiMirdous fillO-mlle hop from
Kuii-bunks to I'oint Durrow, were
niinyod when Wllklns reeHlulillshed
communication with Howard lust
night.
hast night Wilkins radioed Cap
tain Uobert 11. Woolvttrton, Seward
radio or r leer, saying, "all olteh".
He repented the nnssugif several
times, then added: "clear uud
cold." At this point an amateur
radio slullon began sending on the
same wavelength that Wilkins was
using, making further reception
impossible.
Tax Cut Hill To
Come Up April 2
WASHINGTON, Mar. SI. (AP)
Ttio $2110,1)00.000 house tux rcduc
tlon bill will be taken up by senate
finance committee ol April 2, Chair
man SmooL today Informed the sen
ulc.
WASHINGTON. Mar. (AP) -On
the face of the latest treasury
figures the pace of government re
ceipts from the Murch it Income
lux installment was disclosed today
lo ha. e slowed down a trifle as
compared u it h Its previous rat-.'.
Notwithstanding, the income ta
act uu II y paid lo date wus cons'd
erably uhead of receipts from the
same source last year. At the clom'
of business Mur. ill,' the govern'
meat 'had collected a total of fZSO,
C10,l)'J3.
SMmiDHHES
M PART HI
OIL SCANDAL
New York Governor Em
phatically Answers Nye
Robinson Utterances
DEMOCRAT GRILLED
BY INVESTIGATORS
Wilbur W. Marsh Declares
He Had No Agreement
With Fred W. Upham,
Republican .Treasurer
WASHINOTON. Mar. 81 (AP)
The , Teapot t Dome " scandal
bulged out of the oit committee
onto the floor of the senate to
day where It again provoked
hitter debate with Senator Kob
tnson, of Indiana,; bearing the
brunt of a buttle, with half a
doaen or more of his colleagues. .
Taking tho floor to reply to
the strictures of 'Gov. Alfred K.
Smith, nf New York, who round
ly denounced the India nan and
Chairman Nye of the oil conn
mlttee, for bringing his name In
to the discussions, , Robinson
charged that "men ; in ' both
parties betrayed their trust," and
that men like Harry F, Sinclair
don't confine their actlvUles to
one party. He said he would'
cite a case where Senator Walsh
of . Montunn, hud v approved 04
some activities of E. L. Doheny.
who leased the Elk Hill naval re
serve, 'ut a htf.er time, '! '
' The debate centered largely
abot ; the appointment-of - Sin
clair to the New. York, racing
commission and completely ov
ershadowed toduys session of
the oil committee. 1
, ST. I OI.IM, Mar. SI (AP)
A Ht. lAMils Fost Dlspatcb staff
, forrosiKiiulciU reported an In-
siMHtlon of tlio record of llm .
rstaio of .tho late- VrosWent
Hanllnir. made by him at Mar
Ion. Ohio, wtnbtUhott Uut he
ItOMsossoA none of 3,otM),0M
I worti-f' pontbieMal TraOJ
txinpaiiy liberty 'boffMls - In- ,
. volved lu the oil Investigation. ('.
Al.nANY. N. t 'Mar. ''8 1 (AD
Gov. Smith resents as Infamous In
sinuations, .and "demagogic slan
der" statements made on tho floor
of tho linked States senate which
ho thinks woro' uttered with tho
Intention of making peopto bellevo
he wus a beneficiary of the oil
scundals.
Tho governor uttod those terms
in a letter to Senator Nyo of North
Dakota terminer a statement by
tho Bonator "falso" and "reckless
ly ITlttdo,', Tho letter roforrod to
a similar , statement- by Senator
Hohlnson of Indiana, Senator Nyo
had said thut ho understood that In
the New York stato' campaign of
1920, Hurry V, Sinclair was a vory
liberal contributor to the govern
or's cause.
Tho governor's' 'Jotter said that
search of official records confirm
ed his recollection that Sinclair
never contributed to the govern
or's campaign fund either In 1920
or any oiher time ho ran for of
fice. ' . ' C
NVK SATISFIED
' WASHINGTON, Mur. 21 (AP)
Although he has not yot received
Gov. Smith's letter. Senator Nye.
of Norlh" Oakota, chairman of tho
Teapot Dome committee, said to
day thut tho governor's denial thut
Hurry F. Sinclair had nt. contri
buted to his campaign fund was
"unite complete'.' v '.
"The part 1 had i Iho sonalo
debute wus simply In answer to tv
(Continued on Page 6)
TWO FIGHTERS
KNOCKED OUT;
FATAL TO ONE
l,OS ANGtiLKS. Mar. 21 (AP)
What seemed to have been a dui
blc knockout In u friendly boxing
bout between two students ln the
rnlverslty or Southern California
gymnuftium turned to tragedy last
night when It wus found thut ono
or the boxers wus dead.
The dead boxer was Michael
CarnuHls, 20, of. jhikursfleld, a,
sophomore. '
Ills opponent, Phillip Itiomley.
i;, of Los Angeles, was unconscious
for an hour and 45 minutes wrier
being knocked out in thu furious
exchange or blows.
h'astly 11 ltd rurlously the boxers,
both welterweights, pounded each
other ror three rounds. In thu
fourth, they were engaged In a
swirt excliingc bf punches when
suddenly, to the sui prise of spec
tutors, both tumbled on their (hcc
in Ihe ring. Hromley was the- first
lo fali. ('arnakis wus dei-mred Iho
winner. Then attenduiits begun lo
try to 4-evlve them. Curnukls wus
dead.
Kxamliiatlnn at', Iho Georgia,
street receiving hospital by Polico
Surgeon Churles Sebustlun disclos
ed that tho dead boxer hud om u
suffered a basul fracture of thu
skull.. His death wus caused by u
i cerebral hemorrhage, according to
Dr. Sebttstiun. ' . L